title: [Self-mutilation and autophagia].
abstract: The case history of a 51 year-old man with paranoid-hallucinatory schizophrenia is presented. Very intensive autoaggressive actions (cutting off the ears, partial amputation of the penis, eating of the amputated pieces, sawing off the left lower leg) led to very unusual autopsy findings (i.e. the glans of the penis was found in the colon). The cause of death was prolonged exsanguination.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Hamburg.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koops
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
mesh_terms: D000673:Amputation, Traumatic; D001344:Autopsy; D004431:Ear, External / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000523:psychology*; D012652:Self Mutilation
vernacular_title: Selbstverstümmelung und Autophagie.